Exhaust box



Feb. 19 192.

G. W. FOWLE ET AL EXHAUST BOX Filed Sept. '7. 19 22 2 Sheets-5mm. 1

FIGURE 1 I VENT R-S FIGURE 3 'Now as the gears 19 revolve carried 111 acircular path by the same, but

nae

are always held in a horizontal position and the cans carried thereby in.a vertical plane. the shelves are due to the form, proportions andconnectlons between. the shelves, the gears and the plates let byconnecting cranks 16, t11e shelves are maintained in their normalhorizontal plane during the entire revolution because of the fact thatthe disc l lis 'ecoeir trically placed with relation to gears 19 asisclearly shown, 7 [End members 1 per edge thereofas at 27 to allowdiscs to project inwardly thereof, said discsQt} being so placed as tojust clear gears 19 and have their uppeigedge on a plane with t bottoms25 ofshelves 22 as shown.

The discs 28 are revolublyfmounted in bearings 29 and 30 by means or"shaft 31,

the same being drivenin the direction indi-' cated by the arrows bymeans of gears 3233 mounted as shown.

vMounted upon the inner edge of en members 1 as shown. and extendingalon the upper edge of disc 28'is a can guide which is placed at the canentering end of the exhaust box only. 1

Mounted upon and ,cover 11 are ya series of can moving, plates 35, thesame being so placed and propor tioned as to take a can which is on theshelf ascending to the extreme upper position and move the same over thespace of one can as the shelf -moves from that position to its highestpoint or its upper position as shown. This action thus moves a-can overone space all along the upper shelf which thus makes a space for a cancoming from the feeding-disc 28 and places a can upon the discharge discas shown. Thus every time a shelfreaches the top of its path of travelwe feed in'a'can and discharge fank other can which has been movedsuccessively and slowly from one endof the machine to the other. i f

I 'During this slow travel through the-machine the contents of the cansare heated by means of hot air or steam supplied through the heatingpipes 36 lyingalong the bot- 7 tom of the drum as shown.-

. It is apparent that for lons etc.

are cut away'at the up depending from. the

different sized cans incense J into efiect- By removing cover plate 11we can raise the shelves from theirsupporting means 18 as the drum isrevolved and place other? shelves of greater or less width in placethereof as thesize' of the cans demand. its-the can moving members 35are secured to the cover 11 we replace the cover removed by anotherhaving the proper number and size of can moving elements thereon and themachine is againready for use. p w

It is readily apparent that we have in vented an improved exhaustbo'xwhich will easily and uickly handlea large amount of canned fru t ofall sizes with a niinimum amount of labor and power expended by means ofa machine which is s'impleol construction, easily manufactured and onethat is highly eflicient in its practical, applicat1on.

It is "to be understood,

one particular embodiment of our invention, that changesyin form,construction, proportions, and method of operation may be made withinthe claims.

We claim p I p I v 1. A device of the character indicated comprising asupporting frame, aplate rev-' olubly mounted thereon, a second platerevolubly mounted in parallel and eccentric relation to said'lirstplate, a plurality of annularly arranged cranks revolubly mount ed inandconnecting said plates, and dr1ving means connected to one oisaid.plates.

relation to said first plate, a plurality of annularlyarranged cranksrevolubly mount' ed in and connecting said plates, and driving meansconnected to oneofsaidplates, the

shanks ofeach crank being equal in length to the distance between thecenters oi -the two plates.

3. device of thec'haracter indicated, compr1s1ng asupporti'ngframe,spaced pan 7, allel and axially aligned plates rev'0l-ubly mounted thereon, a second platerevoluoly mounted inwparalleland eccentric relation to each of said first plates-and within the same,a plurality of annularly arranged cranks revolubly mounted in andconnecting each pair of plates, and extending within each inner plate,and a shelf Inounted'upon each opposing pair of cranks 4:. A device orthe character indicated comprising a] revclublelcarrier element, asecond element revolubly mounted in parallel and eccentric relationthereto, and a plurality ,of annularly arranged crank's'revolublymountedin and connectingsaid 1 ments. 7

5. A device of course, that whlle we have herein shown and {lGSCTllJEQ'scope of the appended device of the character indicated; a supportingI"ra1ne,'a plate revolublymounted thereon, a second plate rev oiublymounted n parallel and 80061113110 of the character indicated comprisinga pair of spaced revoluble carrier elements, a second element revolublymounted in parallel and eccentric relation to each carrier element, aplurality of annularly arranged cranks revolubly mounted in andconnecting said elements near the peripheries thereof and extendingthrough said carrier elements, anda can shelf mounted upon each opposingpair of cranks.

6. A. structure comprising spaced rotatable members,means carriedthereby for supporting shelves therebetween, and means for maintainingthe first means in position for supporting the shelves horizontallythroughout the rotary movement of said members. 1

7. A structure comprising spaced rotatable members, means carried byeach member for supporting the adjacent end of a shelf interposedtherebetween, and means rotatable with said members eccentricallythereto for varying the relation between said members and said firstmeans to support the shelf horizontally throughout the rotary movementof said members.

8. A structure comprising spaced rotatable driven members, meansjournaled in each for supporting an article therebetween, and a secondrotatable member associated with each first rotatable member andarranged on the outer side thereof, said means I having of'fsetjournaledportions in said secend rotatable member and the latter being journaledeccentric to the first members.

9. A structure comprising a pair of rotatable members journaledeccentrically relative to each other, and support having offset journalbearings in said members.

10. A structure comprising a pair of rotatable members journaledeccentrically relative to each other, and a crank shape memher havingoffset journal hearings in said rotatable members and projecting atoneend through the adjacent rotatable member to constitute a support. V

11. A structure comprising a casing, spaced rotatable members journaledtherein, a series of supports projecting inwardly from each memberandjournaled therein, a plurality of shelves supported at opposite endsby said supports, and means for hold-. ing said supports to maintain theshelves means for advancing articles horizontally disposed throughoutrotary movement of said rotatable members.

152. EL structure comprlslng a casing,

spaced rotatable members j ournaled therein,

a series of supports projecting inwardly,

from each memberand journaled therein, a plurality of shelvessupportedat opposite ends by said supports, a second rotatable member associatedwitheach first member and journaled eccentric thereto, the offsetportions being journaled in said second rotatable members, and meansfor. driving one' shelves along the same. a.

14:. A structure comprising a casing, spaced rotatable members journaledtherein, a series of supports projecting inwardly from each member andjournaled therein, a plurality of channeled shelves supported atopposite ends by said supports, a second rotatable member associatedwith eachfirst member and journaled eccentric thereto, means connectingthe supports to the adjacent second rotatable member for maintaining theshelves in horizontal position during movement of said rotatablemembers, means for feeding cans to one end of the shelves, and

means arranged within thecasing in the path of the cans for advancmg thesame 7 along the shelves. I

placed on the 15. A structure comprising a casing, having a removablecover, a movable support within the casing designed tosupport articlesand have them advanced thereover,

and means carried by the removablecover for advancing the articles onthe support movement thereof. 1 GEORGE W. FOWLE. FRED F. FELDMANN.

by and during

